Wilcox Industries has announced a sole distributorship in the United States of their Rapid Targeting and Ranging (RAPTAR) and RAPTAR Lite to the Potomac River Group (PRG) of Ashburn, VA. The agreement will cover all domestic and government sales of the RAPTAR product line.

This partnership enables Wilcox to focus on the manufacturing and production of the RAPTAR line while turning over the distribution efforts to PRG. Wilcox will continue to support PRG with marketing and technical support as requested.

“Wilcox recently launched the RAPTAR and RAPTAR-Lite at SHOT Show in January and have had a very positive response to the products already”, said Jim Teetzel, CEO of Wilcox, “PRG has shown that they have the capabilities to run with the current success and proceed productively with distribution efforts.”

“PRG is pleased to partner with Wilcox in the distribution of the RAPTAR and RAPTAR Lite”, said Frank Frysiek, CEO of PRG, “The RAPTAR will suit the needs of our Federal, state and local customers; while we expect the RAPTAR Lite will have applications for both law enforcement and sportsmen. Sales and dealer program details will be announced shortly.”

Wilcox’s RAPTAR is a lightweight, integrated technology system. RAPTAR harnesses and fuses an Infra Red (IR) Laser, a Visible Laser, IR Flood and a Laser Range Finder (LRF) all within a single, compact, ruggedized all-weather package. The RAPTAR Lite is a separate system that includes a red visible aiming laser, an infrared aiming laser, a variable focus infrared illuminator, and a 60 lumen SureFire flashlight that can be upgraded to a 120 lumen head to provide unsurpassed target illumination.

For ordering and pricing information on the RAPTAR and RAPTAR Lite please contact PRG at 703-771-3003.

Back in 1990, when I was deployed in Desert Shield and Desert Storm as a Marine grunt, some companies prioritized me items for my M16 for shipping that I purchased with my own funds. After getting out and forming Magpul in 1999, I established the same priority policy for Military and Law Enforcement, due to the requirements of their profession.

The same policy has been in place for 13 years now and has never been an issue until a few days ago. I do not support the idea that individual police officers should be punished for the actions of their elected officials. That said, I understand the concerns that some have with Law Enforcement officers getting special treatment while at the same time denouncing second amendment rights to another citizen in the same state.

With the fight in Colorado right now we do not have time to implement a new program, so I have suspended all LE sales to ban states until we can implement a system wherein any Law Enforcement Officer buying for duty use will have to promise to uphold their oath to the US Constitution – specifically the second and fourteenth amendments – as it applies to all citizens.

We are proud to announce that within a matter of days we will be going live with a new program. Due to a bill currently moving through the Colorado legislature, there is the possibility that Colorado residents’ ability to purchase standard capacity magazines will soon be infringed. Before that happens, and Magpul is forced to leave the state in order to keep to our principles, we will be doing our best to get standard capacity PMAGs into the hands of any Colorado resident that wants them.

Verified Colorado residents will be able to purchase up to ten (10) standard capacity AR/M4 magazines directly from Magpul, and will be given immediate flat-rate $5 shipping, bypassing our current order queue.

Our customers outside of Colorado, please know that our PMAG production will continue at an ever-increasing rate until we do relocate, shipments to our distributors in other states will continue, and that we do not expect relocation to significantly impact PMAG production. We are also aware that Colorado is not the only state with existing or pending magazine capacity restrictions; we are working on programs for other affected states as well.

Full details and instructions will be announced when we are able to go live; please watch here for the coming announcement.

We received this note yesterday from a reader in Oregon. These legislators aren’t just going after the Second Amendment. Apparently, they don’t think much of the Fourth Amendment either. His note begins with a synopsis of the elements of the proposed legislation and directs us to visit the Oregon Firearms Federation.

You can have ONE “Assault Weapon” with THREE Magazines ALL THE REST have to be turned in, the one you keep along with the 3 magazines will have to be registered and “stored securely” and only shot at a local Range!!

And of course a warrantless in home inspections to make sure it’s safely locked up! These are just some of the Bill!

Link to the OFFA FB & Website page giving more details, we also of course posted it on our FB last night right after we found out about it